Characteristics of Good Research

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CHARACTERISTICS AND CRITERIA OFGOOD RESEARCH



What is Research ?

Research Projects.

Characteristics of Good Research.

Criteria For a Good Research.

Process of Mai!" a! E#ecti$e Research.

Agenda



Research is%

What Research Is

“…the systematic process ofcollecting and analyzing information

(data) in order to increase our

understanding of the phenomenonabout which we are concerned or

interested.”



&. Ori"i!ates 'ith a ()estio! or *ro+,e-.

. Re()ires c,ear artic),atio! of a "oa,.

/. Fo,,o's a s*eci0c *,a! or *roced)re.

1. Ofte! di$ides -ai! *ro+,e- i!to s)+*ro+,e-s.

2. G)ided +3 s*eci0c *ro+,e-4 ()estio!4 orh3*othesis.

5. Acce*ts certai! critica, ass)-*tio!s.6. Re()ires co,,ectio! a!d i!ter*retatio! of

data.

7. C3c,ica, 8he,ica,9 i! !at)re.

Characteristics of Goodresearch



Research +e"i!s 'ith a *ro+,e-.

Ide!tif3i!" this *ro+,e- ca! act)a,,3 +e

the hardest *art of research.

I! "e!era,4 "ood research *rojects sho),d%◦ Address a! i-*orta!t ()estio!.

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Ad$a!ce !o',ed"e.

Research Projects



Good research re()ires%◦ The sco*e a!d ,i-itatio!s of the 'or to +e

c,ear,3 de0!ed.

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The *rocess to +e c,ear,3 e:*,ai!ed so that itca! +e re*rod)ced a!d $eri0ed +3 otherresearchers.

◦ A thoro)"h,3 *,a!!ed desi"! that is as o+jecti$e

as *ossi+,e.

High-Quality Research



Good research re()ires%

◦ Hi"h,3 ethica, sta!dards +e a**,ied.

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A,, ,i-itatio!s +e doc)-e!ted.◦ Data +e ade()ate,3 a!a,3;ed a!d

e:*,ai!ed.

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A,, 0!di!"s +e *rese!ted )!a-+i")o)s,3a!d a,, co!c,)sio!s +e j)sti0ed +3s)<cie!t e$ide!ce.

High-Quality Research



Research is a! e:tre-e,3 c3c,ic *rocess.

This is!=t a 'ea!ess of the *rocess +)t is*art of the +)i,t>i! error correctio!

-achi!er3. eca)se of the c3c,ic !at)re of research4 it

ca! +e di<c),t to deter-i!e 'here to start

a!d 'he! to sto*.

Criteria for a Good ResearchProcess



Raisi!" a @)estio!.S)""est H3*othesis. iterat)re Re$ie'. iterat)re E$a,)atio!.Ac()ire Data.Data A!a,3sis.Data I!ter*retatio!.H3*othesis S)**ort.

STEPS !R "A#I$G A G!!%RESEARCH



A ()estio! occ)rs to or is *osed to theresearcher for 'hich that researcher has!o a!s'er.

The ()estio! !eeds to +e co!$erted to a!a**ro*riate *ro+,e- state-e!t ,ie that

doc)-e!ted i! a research *ro*osa,.

Ste& '( A Question IsRaised



The researcher "e!erates i!ter-ediateh3*otheses to descri+e a so,)tio! to the*ro+,e-.◦ This is at +est a te-*orar3 so,)tio! si!ce there

is as 3et !o e$ide!ce to s)**ort either theacce*ta!ce or rejectio! of these h3*othesis.

Ste& )( SuggestHy&othesis



The a$ai,a+,e ,iterat)re is re$ie'ed todeter-i!e if there is a,read3 a so,)tio! tothe *ro+,e-.◦ E:isti!" so,)tio!s do !ot a,'a3s e:*,ai! !e'

o+ser$atio!s.◦ The e:isti!" so,)tio! -i"ht re()ire so-e

re$isio! or e$e! +e discarded.

Ste& *( +iterature Re,ie



It=s *ossi+,e that the ,iterat)re re$ie' has3ie,ded a so,)tio! to the *ro*osed*ro+,e-.

O! the other ha!d4 if the ,iterat)re re$ie't)r!s )* !othi!"4 the! additio!a, researchacti$ities are j)sti0ed.

Ste& .( +iteratureE,aluation



The researcher !o' +e"i!s to "ather datare,ati!" to the research *ro+,e-.

The -ea!s of data ac()isitio! 'i,, ofte!cha!"e +ased o! the t3*e of the research*ro+,e-.

Ste& /( Ac0uire %ata



The data that 'ere "athered i! the*re$io)s ste* are a!a,3;ed as a 0rst ste*i! ascertai!i!" their -ea!i!".

As +efore4 the a!a,3sis of the data does!ot co!stit)te research.

Ste& 1( %ata Analysis



The researcher i!ter*rets the !e',3a!a,3;ed data a!d s)""ests a co!c,)sio!.◦ This ca! +e di<c),t.

◦ Bee* i! -i!d that data a!a,3sis that s)""ests acorre,atio! +et'ee! t'o $aria+,es ca!=ta)to-atica,,3 +e i!ter*reted as s)""esti!"ca)sa,it3 +et'ee! those $aria+,es.

Ste& 2( %ata Inter&retation



The data 'i,, either s)**ort theh3*otheses or the3 'o!=t.◦ This -a3 ,ead the researcher to c3c,e +ac to

a! ear,ier ste* i! the *rocess a!d +e"i! a"ai!

'ith a !e' h3*othesis.

◦ This is o!e of the se,f>correcti!" -echa!is-sassociated 'ith the scie!ti0c -ethod.

Ste& 3( Hy&othesisSu&&ort



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